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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 30 June 2015 |
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Meeting time: |
09. - 11.00 |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jocelyn Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Sandy Mewies AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Ann Beynon, BT Wales Ed Hunt, BT Cymru |
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Committee Staff: |
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Michael Kay (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Anne Beegan (Wales Audit Office) Sophie Knott (Wales Audit Office) Jeremy Morgan (Wales Audit Office) Matthew Mortlock (Wales Audit Office) Huw Vaughan Thomas (Auditor General for Wales) Dave Thomas (Wales Audit Office) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.
1.2 There were no apologies.
2 Papers to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
2.1 Governance Arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (17 June 2015)
3 Welsh Government Investment in Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure: Evidence Session 1
3.1 The Committee took evidence from Ann Beynon OBE, Director Wales (BT) and Ed Hunt, Programme Director, Superfast Cymru (BT) as part of its inquiry into Welsh Government Investment in Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure.
3.2 Ann Beynon agreed to send a note on:
· an update on the roll out of Superfast Cymru in the Llansamet and Skewen area
· what action has been taken in response to the Auditor General’s report
· details of the system in the rural Maelor area
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
4.1 The motion was agreed.
5 Welsh Government Investment in Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure: Consideration of Evidence Received
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
6 Orthopaedic Services: Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales
6.1 The Auditor General briefed the Committee on the report. Members noted that the Welsh Government’s response was scheduled to be available for the meeting on 14 July, when Members will return to this issue.
7 Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales: Correspondence from the Welsh Government
7.1 The Auditor General advised the Committee that he intended to write to the Chair commenting on the letter from the Director General for Local Government and Communities.
7.2 The Chair advised that Committee will return to this issue at the next meeting.
8 Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Consideration of draft report
8.1 Members considered the draft report. Due to time constraints, it was not possible for them to consider the whole report and they agreed to return to the item at the next meeting.